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TAKUMA SATO

Alex Palou celebrates after winning the Indianapolis 500 in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
May 26, 2025
Alex Palou holds off Marcus Ericsson to take checkered flag at Indy 500
Palou, who has won five of this year¡¯s first six IndyCar races, took the checkered flag under caution.
Robert Shwartzman drives during qualifying for The Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix in Thermal, California, on March 22.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
May 19, 2025
Robert Shwartzman wins pole position for Indy 500 in stunner; Takuma Sato second
The 25-year-old is the first rookie to qualify on the Indy 500 pole since Teo Fabi in 1983.
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Oct 7, 2022
Suzuka endures as one of Formula One¡¯s most popular and celebrated circuits
As the F1 circus pulls into Mie Prefecture for the first time since 2019, drivers and fans alike are eagerly anticipating the return of one of the sport¡¯s top venues.
Japan Times
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May 29, 2021
IndyCar veterans not ready to yield to youth movement at Indy 500
The ¡®Greatest Spectacle in Racing¡¯ is shaping up as a clash of generations.
Japan Times
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May 18, 2021
Takuma Sato inspired by Japanese peers as he chases third Indy 500
The 44-year-old says he¡¯s motivated by the likes of Naomi Osaka and Hideki Matsuyama, who have all achieved international success since his first win at the famous Brickyard in 2017.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 18, 2020
¡®Any Crybabies Around?¡¯: Banishing your inner child is hard to do
Taiga Nakano gives a raw performance as a social pariah who attempts to make amends with his family and town in Takuma Sato¡¯s film.
Japan Times
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Aug 7, 2020
Takuma Sato ¡®excited¡¯ for delayed Indianapolis 500
The storied race¡¯s 2017 winner will be looking for his first victory of the season later this month.
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May 18, 2020
Takuma Sato revved up for upcoming start of IndyCar season
Takuma Sato and the rest of the IndyCar stars will begin their season on June 6 at the Genesys 300 in Texas.
BASKETBALL
Aug 30, 2018
Journey for Â鶹´«Ã½ hoop team to end with game for 7th place
The Japan men¡¯s national basketball team¡¯s bizarre, unprecedented journey at the Asian Games is nearly ¡ª and finally ¡ª coming to an end.
BASKETBALL
Aug 29, 2018
Basketball players handed one-year bans
The four men¡¯s national basketball team players who allegedly paid women for sex in Jakarta during the ongoing Asian Games have been handed a one-year ban by the Japan Basketball Association, the organization announced on Wednesday.
Japan Times
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May 25, 2018
Takuma Sato set for title defense at Indy 500 after historic win
It¡¯s a little ironic the only time Takuma Sato might really be able to slow down, as he prepares to defend his title in the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, is when he¡¯s strapped into a car and about to take off in a machine that can reach speeds in excess of 200 mph (322 kph).
SPORTS
Dec 28, 2017
The top sports stories of 2017
The Japan Times newsroom selected these domestic sports stories as the most important of 2017.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 20, 2017
Champion Hawks honored with Â鶹´«Ã½ top pro sports award
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks fittingly received the nation¡¯s top pro sports accolade for their dominant season in 2017.
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Jun 14, 2017
Sato revels in glow of historic Indy 500 triumph
Takuma Sato joked that he has had a little too much milk since the great feat he accomplished on May 28 ¡ª when he became the first Japanese and Asian driver to win the prestigious Indianapolis 500.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jun 5, 2017
Motor racing: Sato becomes first Japanese to win Indy 500
Former F1 driver Takuma Sato wins the Indianapolis 500
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Apr 27, 2013
AJ Foyt Racing deserves credit for IndyCar victory: Sato
Takuma Sato says joining AJ Foyt Racing put him in position to become the first Japanese driver to win an IndyCar race.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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